Printer&#39;s register apparatus



March 20, 1928. 1,662,830

. G. H. LUND PRINTERS REGISTER APPARATUS Original Filed Dec. 14, 1925 2Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

; UNITED-,STA'TES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. LUNI), or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Assrenon r0 mannnnanv' r A'rE 003PORATION, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLI voIs.

PRINTERS REGISTER APPARATUS.

Application filcdcDecembor 14, 1925, Serial No. 75,290. Renewed February4, 1928.

This invention relates to s an improved registering apparatusparticularly adapted, though not necessarily limited, for prmters forpreparing a plurality of forms or plates for multi-color work on apress, so that'the plates .or type from which an impression 1s to betaken,will, when placed in a press, exactly register with the impressionprevlously taken from other plates or forms 111 the same press. V

A further object is toprovide an improved apparatus of this characterwhich will be of a simple and compact arrangement, easily manipulatedthereby obviating the necessity of the services of anexpert, and whichwill also be effective and efiicient in operation.

To the attainment of these'ends and the accomplishment of other newanduseful obliects aswill appear, the invention consists in the features ofnovelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangementof the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed andshown in the accompanying drawings illustrating th s invention and inwhich; 7 v.

Figure 1 is a view partly in vertical section, partly in elevation andpartly broken away, of an apparatus ofthis character constructed inaccordance with the principles of this invention. j I

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1. Figure 3 is a view. taken online3-8 Fig. 1. I

Figure 1 is a detail sectional view taken on line 44 Fig. 1.- I

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line Referring more particularlyto the drawingsthe numeral 10 designates a supporting base such as atable or a printerscomposing stone, and projecting thereabove are a plurality of uprights 11 for supporting at any desired elevation atransparent plate 12, such as glass. This plate 12 may beheld inpositionin any suitable manner and is preferably of substantially the support orstone 10.

The transparent plate12 may be provided with a series of indications orgraduations :13 extending lengthwise thereof, and a series ofindications or graduations 14 extending transversely thereof [for' apurpose tobe hereinafter described.

Mounted upon a suitable supportsuch as a standard 15, is an'arm orbracket 16 which same area as the extension 20 pivotally connectedthereto as at 21, and the extension 20 has pivot'ally connected to itsextremity as at 22, two arms 23, 2 1 which are movable independentlywith respectetoeach other and with respect to the extension 20.

. Carried by the free end of the arm 2?; is an upright 25 whichpreferably fits into asocket 26 on the arm, and is held by means of a,thumb screw 27, to permit of vertical adjustmentof the upright withrespect. to the arm 23, if desired.

,"Telescoping over the upper end of the upright 25 is an indicatorembodying a sleeve 28. which is provided with a pointed extremity 29.Interposed between the extremity ofthe upright 25 and the closed endofthe tubular member or sleeve 28, is a spring 30 which tends normallyto move the indicator 28 upwardly with respect to the upright 25, sothat the indicator point 29 will have a yielding contact against thelower surface of thetransparent plate 12. V

The stress of the spring 30 is such that the point 29 will be held.against theplate 12 only with sufficient friction as notv to impedethemovement of the point 29 over the lower faceof the plate.

If desired, a set screw 31 preferably in the form ofathumbnut, may beprovided forv maintaining the indicator 28 in a fixed position withrespect to the upright 25.-

The socket 26 preferably terminates at a point a considerable distanceabove the support 10, and telescoped into the lower end of the socket isanother indicator 32 provided with a pointer 33 preferably in the formof an extended base or foot. The in dicator 82 is'of such a length withrespect to the socket 26, that the pointer 33 maybe lowered into Contactwith the support 10 so as to rest thereupon; One .of the lateral theaxis of upright 25 and this face IS in a plane passing through the point29 of the sleeve 28.

Any suitable means may be provided for raising and lowering theindicator 32 and.

the pointer 33 above the support 10 so that the foot will not interferewith the opera tion of the workmen, and for lowering the indicator tocause the pointer 33 to rest upon the support 10.

A suitable and eflicient means for accomplishing this result preferablyembodies a lever 34 pivotally mounted by one end as at 35 upon thesocket 26. A link 36 is pivotally connected by one end as at 37 to thelever 34 and by its other end as at 38 to the indicator 32.

By swinging the lever 34 about its pivot into the dotted line positionas shown in Fig. 1, the pointer 33 will be raised and maintained in thiselevated position. a v

A stop device 39 may be provided for "limiting the movement of the lever34. v

Carried by the arm 24 in another socket 40 which has secured therein anupright 41 over which a sleeve or indicator 42 telescopes and thisindicator is provided with a point 43 to engage the lower face of theplate 12, and the point 43 .is preferably yieldingly held in engagementwith the suport by a spring 44. A set screw 45 may e provided forpermanently securing the indicator 42 against adjustment with respect tothe upright 41. Telescoping into and projecting below the socket 40 isanother indicator 46 provided with a pointer preferable in the form of abase or foot 47, one of the lateral faces of which is perpendicular tothe axis of upright 25 and forms a plane passing through the point 43.'A lever 48 pivotally connected to the socket 40 is provided for raisingand lowering the indicator 46 and pointer 47. A link 50 pivrotallyconnected as at51 to the lever and as at 52 to the indicator 46isprovided for raising and lowering the latter.

WVith this improved construction it will be manifest that the indicatorpoints 29 and 43 may be moved to any desired position with respect tothe plate 12. a The brackets 16, 20 and arms 23,24 permit of a widerange of movement of the points 29, 43 and of the pointer feet bases 33,47, and to such an extent that substantially. the entire area of thesupport 10 may be traversed by the pointers 33, 47.

In use and n order to arrange the forms or plates in a chase or frame sothat when the chase and forms are placed into a press,

the forms will exactly register on the work produced 'by other forms inthe same press, the form must be made up upon the support plished in thefollowing manner.

' the work This is accom- An impression is taken in the press upon asheet 53 of the matter with which it is desired to register additionaltype or plates when another impression is made.

For the sake of illustration, the numeral 54 designates the subjectmatter which has been impressed upon the sheet. The sheet is then placedface downwardly upon the transparent plate 12. A chase or frame 55 isthen placed upon the work plate or composing stone 10 so that one edgethereof will be in direct alinement with the edge of the sheet. This maybe accomplished by means of one of the indicators or in any othersuitable manner.

The operator then adjusts the indicators 2842 in any convenient manner,but in such a way that the respective points 29, 43 will rest upon thelower face of the transparent plate 12 directly in line with apredetermined point of the field or impression on the sheet 53, such,for instance, as two edges or sides thereof. This will cause thepointers 33, 47 of the respective indicators 3246 to beproperlyposition'ed in the chase or frame 55, and so that they wil'lrestupon late or stone 10, the perpendicular faces of tiie respectivepointers 3347 being in the same vertical plane as the respective points29, 43 of the indicators 28 -42. This will indicate the proper positionthat the block, plate, or typemust be placed within the chase orframe'55 so that it will directly register with the correspondingimpression upon the sheet 53, when the form 1s placed in the press. Thisis accomplished by reason of the fact that the pointers 33, 47 willindicate the two sides against which a type or plate 56 must be placed.v

Similarly other blocks, plates, or types, may be arranged to registerwith other of the impressions 54 on the sheet 53.

After one of the blocks, type, or plates has been arranged in the chaseor frame 55, the usual furniture may be arranged in the frameto hold theplate in position, and the pointers 33, 47 may be raised by therespective levers 34, 48 to permitthe indicators ployed as a means forproperly locating work upon the work vplate or stone 10 when themeasurements ofthe matter to be printed are known by inches.

This is accomplished 'by placing one or the other of the pointers 29, 43against tln particular graduations 13, 14 and. then lowering therespective feet 33, 47 against the support or stone 10. 7

With this improved invention it will be manifest that the services of anexpert to ice prepare, or make ready a form so thatit will registerwithanother form previously used, will be dispensed with. Furthermoreconsiderable time and labor will be saved by the use of this apparatus.5 1

\Vhile the preferred form of the invention has been herein shown anddescribed, it is to be understood that various changes may be made inthe details of construction and in the combination and arrangement ofthe several parts, within'the scope of the claims, without departingfrom thefspirit of this invention.

lVhat is claimed as new is g 1. A register apparatus including a supportfor the work, .a transparent member supported thereabove and upon whichmember. a sheet having matter delineated thereon-is placed, and meansdisposed between the said support and member for indicating upon thesaid support predetermined points in the matter delineated on the saidsheet,

the said means including a pointer operating against the lower face ofthe transparent member and an additional pointer operable in closeproximity to the face of the said support.

2. A register apparatus including a support for the work, a transparentmember supported thereabove and upon which member a sheet having matterdelineated thereon is placed, means disposed between the said supportand. member for indicating upon the said support predetermined points inthe matter delineated on the said. sheet, the said means including apointer operating against the lower face of the transparent member andan additional pointer operable in close proximity to the face of thesaid support, and means yieldingly holding the said pointer against theface of the said transparent support.

3. A register apparatus including a support for the Work, a transparentmember supported thereabove and upon which memher a sheet having matterdelineated thereon is placed,rmeans disposed between the said supportand member for indicating upon the said support predetermined points inthe matter delineated on the said sheet, the said means including apointer operating against the lower face of the transparent member, anadditional pointer operable in close proximity to the face of the saidsupport, and means for raising and lowering the last recited pointerwith rewith respect thereto, said'indicators being also bodilyadjustable with respect to each other, each indicator including sectionsad'- justable toward and away from-each other, means adapting the end ofone of the sections to be moved againstthe lower face of the transparentmember and means adapting the end of the other section to becorrespondingly positioned adjacent the'said work support.

5. A register apparatus including a work support, a transparent memberspaced thereabove and upon which transparent member the matter to beregistered is placed, a swingingly mounted support operable intermediatethe said work support and member, a plurality of indicators mounted uponthe support for movement therewith and V with respect thereto, saidindicators being also bodily adjustable with respect to each other, eachindicator including sections adjustable towardand away from each other,the end of one of the sections being mov able against the lower facefofthe transparent member and the end of the other section being adapted tobe correspondingly positioned adjacent the said work support, and meansfor raising and lowering the said end of the last recited section withrespect to the said work support.

6'. A register apparatus including a work support, a transparent memberspaced thereabove and upon which transparent member the matter to beregistered is placed, a swingingly mounted support operable intermediatethe said work support and member, a plurality of indicators mounted uponthe support for movement therewith and with respect thereto, saidindicators being also bodily adjustable with respect to each other, eachindicator including sections adjustable towards and away from eachother, means adapting the end of one of the sec-, tions to be moved andyieldingly held against the lower face of the transparent member, meansadapting the end of the other section to be correspondingly positionedadjacent the said work support.

7. A register apparatus including two supports spaced one above theother, the upper support being transparent, and against whichtransparent support rests the pattern to be registered, the othersupport receiving the work to be registered, and mechanical meansmounted for free swinging movement between the supports and embodying apointer adapted to move over the lower face of the transparent support,and an indicator adapted to be positioned in close proximity to the topof the other support to indicate the corresponding position of thepattern upon the said work support.

8. A register apparatus including a work support, a transparent supportspaced thereabove provided with graduations, mechanical meansmounted'for free swinging movement and adjustment between the supportsand including a pointeradapted to be moved adjacentthedowerface of thetransparent support, and an indicator movable in proximity toithe worksupport for indicating on the, Work support the corresponding positionsof selected predetermined graduations on the transparent support.

9. A register apparatus including, a work support, atranspa-rent supportspaced thereabove, provided with graduation-s and upon which transparentsupport the work to be registered rests, and mechanical means disposedbetweenthe supports for indicating upon the work support predeterminedpoints on the transparent support, the said mean-s includingco-operating indicators one of which operates in close proximity to: thelower face of the said transparent support and the uppercface of thework support.

10. Aregister apparatusjincluding a work support, a transparent supportspaced thereabove, mechanical means disposed between the supports forindicating upon the work support predetermined points on the transparentsupport, the said means including coperating indicators one of, which 0)erates in close proximity to the respective adjacent faces of thesupports, and means for moving one of the said indicatorstowards andaway from one of said supports while'theposition of the other indicatorwith respect to the other support remains fixed.

11. A register apparatus including a work support, a transparent supportspaced thereabove, mechanical means disposed between the supports forindicating upon the work support predetermined points on the transparent support, the said means including cooperating indicators one ofwhich operates in close proximity to the respective adjacent faces ofthe supports, means for yieldingly holding one of the indicators againstits respective support, and meansfor moving the other of said indicatorstowardsfand away from oneof said supports while the position of theother indicator with respect; to the other support remainsfixed. V l iIn testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, onthis 11th day of December, A. D. 1925.

GEORGE orne

